Female first name (Slavic, Portuguese, Romanian): Tereza, the huntress, ancient Greek (Geographic name as first name), there = the animal that hunted animal, origin not known, perhaps, to 'There' (huntable animal) and (?) Thus, with meaning 'hunter', 'Therasia' is the name of a small island next to Thera or Santorini, the name is so often interpreted as 'Woman of the island Therasia'